{"id":5916,"date":"2010-06-19T13:01:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T20:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=5916"},"modified":"2010-06-19T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T20:01:20","slug":"michael-ryan-had-%e2%80%98a-blast%e2%80%99-with-angels-could-aldridge-mastny-be-on-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/19\/michael-ryan-had-%e2%80%98a-blast%e2%80%99-with-angels-could-aldridge-mastny-be-on-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Ryan Had \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcA Blast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 With Angels; Could Aldridge, Mastny Be on Deck?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has to be a frustrating day for Michael Ryan<\/strong>, one of the bright alumni lights for the Atlantic League,<\/strong> since the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim <\/strong>designated him for assignment Thursday.<\/p>\n

Ryan, who turns 33 in a few days (July 6), had battled his way through four other major league organizations and a 65-game stay with Somerset <\/strong>in 2008 (.282-15-44) in an effort to get back to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bigs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for the first time since 2005, when he was in the last of his 127 games with the Minnesota Twins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The left-handed-hitting outfielder and occasional first baseman had an exceptional spring training with the Angels and finally got to the American \"\"<\/a>League <\/strong>team after pounding the baseball earlier this season in Salt Lake City<\/strong>. <\/strong>Manager Mike Scioscia <\/strong>had been complimentary all along, and Ryan got into 22 games, hitting .205 with eight hits, including four doubles, and driving in two runs.\u00c2\u00a0 But when the Angels needed a roster spot in order to activate catcher Jeff Mathis<\/strong> it was Ryan who drew the short straw.<\/p>\n

Ryan said his time with the Angels was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a blast\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, according to MLBTradeRumors.com<\/em>, although he said he had not decided if he would accept going back to the minor leagues if he clears waivers.<\/p>\n

Bad Attitude Not for Hot-Hitting Aldridge<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If Michael Ryan <\/strong>ends up back in Salt Lake City<\/strong> <\/strong>he will once again be a teammate to former Newark Bears <\/strong>outfielder Cory Aldridge<\/strong>, who has been on another hot streak while also continuing to \u00c2\u00a0display a wonderful attitude.<\/p>\n

Aldridge has gone 9-for-17 with five RBI in the last four games to build his PCL <\/strong>average back to .314 with 10 homers and 48 runs batted in.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to have a bad attitude,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the 31-year-old, who has only five major league at-bats despite 176 minor league home runs spread over 14 seasons, told The Salt Lake Tribune <\/em>this week.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A lot of guys put up good numbers, but it just doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t matter.\u00c2\u00a0 So I come out and just try to have fun.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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Mastny Starts Strong in Florida Organization<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Another more recent Somerset<\/strong> <\/strong>hurler could be knocking on the major league door if he maintains his pace.\u00c2\u00a0 Six-foot-6 right-hander Tom Mastny <\/strong>has made two consecutive strong starts since leaving the Patriots <\/strong>for Florida<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>top farm club in New Orleans<\/strong>. <\/strong>Mastny, 29, who has a 9-5 major league record plus five saves in 80 appearances with Cleveland<\/strong>, <\/strong>blanked Houston\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Round Rock Express<\/strong> on five hits over five innings in his initial start, then gave up only four hits and two runs in six innings to Texas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Oklahoma City Redhawks <\/strong>on Tuesday.\u00c2\u00a0 He does not have any decisions, but boasts of a 1.64 ERA.<\/p>\n

(These are excerpts from the <\/em>Atlantic League Notebook. <\/em>Subscriptions to the Notebook <\/em>are available via www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/a> or www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Bob Wirz also writes a weekly column, the Independent Baseball Insider<\/em>, as well as a blog, www.IndyBaseballChatter.com. The author <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball public relations experience with Kansas City and as chief spokesman for two Commissioners and lives in Stratford, CT.) <\/strong><\/p>\n

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